I took a flight over Monument Valley during my 2011 tour of the National Parks & Monuments.
We were taken to the small airport near Lake Powell by coach. Those of us going on the flight over Monument Valley disembarked, while the others were taken to a tourist area around the lake to go shopping.
I don't remember how we were assigned our seats, but I found myself at the back of theย De Havilland Canada aeroplane,ย in a single seat with a good view out of the window next to me. We soon took off and listened through our headphones to the pilot as he described the areas we were flying over. I do rememberย that the sound of the engines was quite loud, and without headphones, we would never have heard the pilot.
We took off from Page Municipal Airport near Lake Powell. The flight took us over Lake Powell, Monument Valley and the Navajo reservation. We saw the West and East Mitten buttes, Merrick Butte, Hunts Mesa, Rainbow Bridge, The Three Sisters, The North Window, and the Totem Pole. I took many photos on this beautiful flight, but I can not find them on my computer. I will add my Monument Valley photo album to this site when I find them.
The flight wasn't very long, but it was terrific to see Monument Valley below us and appreciate its vastness. It gave us all a completely different perspective than the one we had when we passed through it in the coach.
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